Russia reports drone attack and strikes on Wildberries warehouses – photos, videos

Olha Hlushchenko — 24 July, 04:18

Thick smoke. Photo: Exilenova+

Drones attacked St Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast and Tver on the night of 23-24 July, with Wildberries warehouses catching fire as a result. Wildberries is Russia's largest online retailer.

Source: Russian media outlets; Leningrad Oblast Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko; Russian and Ukrainian Telegram channels; BBC News Russian

Details: Shortly after 03:00, Drozdenko claimed that 33 drones had been shot down over Leningrad Oblast.

Meanwhile, reports of drone strikes across the oblast spread on social media.

"Residents of the city and the oblast heard explosions. Smoke is visible over St Petersburg," one Russian Telegram channel said.

Monitoring Telegram channels also shared videos showing explosions and smoke over St Petersburg.

Update: Drozdenko claimed that 50 drones had been shot down over the Russian oblast.

Update: BBC News Russian reported drone attacks on St Petersburg and Tver.

Details: St Petersburg and Tver came under a large-scale drone attack on the night of 23-24 July. At least one Wildberries warehouse caught fire.

It was later reported that two Wildberries warehouses in and around St Petersburg had come under attack during the morning.

Pulkovo airport said that around 50 flights had been delayed on the morning of 24 July, while 15 aircraft were waiting to depart from alternate airport facilities.

Drozdenko also confirmed reports of a drone attack on a Wildberries warehouse in Novosaratovka, near St Petersburg and added that several people were injured in the attack.

Previously: Explosions were heard across Russian-occupied Crimea for the third consecutive night, with social media users reporting drone strikes in several cities, including on a Wildberries warehouse in Simferopol.

Background:

Drones attacked the port of Vysotsk in Russia's Leningrad Oblast on the night of 3-4 July.
A fire broke out at an oil terminal on 3 June following an attack by dozens of drones on St Petersburg.

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